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One-third of Patients Injured in Rehab Hospitals
Almost a third of patients in rehab hospitals suffer a medication error or some other type of preventable harm during their stay, according to a recent report from the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Strange Cases of Zika Transmission
Zika virus is proving nothing if not unpredictable as we now also have a strange case of apparent transmission to a caregiver from a dying patient as well as the first documented case of apparent female-to-male sexual transmission.
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Zika Mosquito Spread Begins In Miami
As this issue went to press, public health officials in Miami confirmed the first local cases of Zika transmission in the United States via mosquitoes.
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AHA Analysis Says Star Ratings Inaccurate
A new analysis from the American Hospital Association concludes that there are fundamental design flaws in the CMS star ratings.
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Drug Diversion: A New Sheriff in Town
After a series of highly publicized drug diversion incidents by healthcare workers and patient outbreaks in Colorado in recent years, the state has passed a law that requires surgical technologists to register and submit to background checks.
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Oregon Targets Data Overload, Develops Strategies
It’s one of the most common complaints among healthcare quality professionals: There are so many metrics and so much data to compile. How can we ever keep up?
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Addicted Patients Inject, Infect Their Own IV Lines
The national opioid epidemic is causing daily overdoses in the community, diversion drug thefts by healthcare workers, and now a dangerous new aspect at the bedside: Hospitalized patients are injecting illicit drugs and hoarded medications directly into their placed IV lines.
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‘Clean It Like You Mean It’ Improves Quality, Reduces Costs
A nursing-led program designed to get clinicians to follow best practices at a New York City hospital has significantly reduced the incidence of central line-associated bloodstream infections in neonatal, pediatric, and pediatric cardiac intensive care settings.
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Tactical Teams Get Results for Hospital
Tactical quality improvement teams have helped a Georgia hospital reduce complications and length of stay so much that the savings amounted to more than $12 million over one year.
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Be Ready for Challenges to Data Reliability
Data transparency is one of the most effective mechanisms for incentivizing physician behavior change, but one of the first reactions to unveiling physicians’ performance among their peers usually is to question the validity and source of the data, says Kelly Tiberio, manager of GE Healthcare Camden Group, a consulting company based in Los Angeles.